1.How did his background help prepare him for his major accomplishment(s)? José de San Martín was born in Argentina but his family were originally from Spain. His father, Lieutenant Juan de San Martín, and his growing up experiences had a great impact on his accomplishments for defeating Spanish power in South America. José de San Martín’s father had a solider background, who set up a brave image for José de San Martín. Patience and determination had shown him a great future leader. Because of his father’s job, he returned to Spain and spent quite a long time studying at Royal Academy in Spain. In addition, José de San Martín also joined an army which could accept children under eleven years old. After that, he became a formal member of the Spanish army and started his military career. Later, he kept involved in many battles with other European countries, especially with British,…show more content… By the Enlightenment and America and French Revolution, they inspired people in Latin America to fight for independence. José de San Martín went back to his hometown from Spain and joined the Patriot to fight independent for Argentina. Patriot was the side that support independence and fight with the Royalists, who was royal in Spain. In order to join military, José de San Martín brought independent to Argentina. There were some difficulties he had to face. Crossing Andes to help Chile was one of the challenges José de San Martín had to face. When he formed the Army of the Andes, there were lots of people. They were all from different kinds of places. Some might come from lower land and others might came from higher lands. Some people might not adjust to the climate so he lost some armies. But actually, it seems like there were not many difficulties José de San Martín had to deal with during the independence movement in Latin
